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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. My Documents is the latest work from Alejandro Zambra, the award-winning Chilean writer whose first novel was heralded as the dawn of a new era in Chilean literature. My Documents is unflinchingly human and essential evidence of a sublimely talented writer working at the height of his powers. Translator(s): McDowell, Megan. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992974787
- ISBN
- 9780992974787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
€ 17.99
€ 13.03
Paperback. A letter, two lovers, a terrible lie. In war, truth is only the first casualty. 'Inspires the kind of devotion among its readers not seen since David Nicholls' One Day' The Times Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284. 8vo. Standard paperback edition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KEX0300117
- ISBN
- 9780007361441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A letter, two lovers, a terrible lie. In war, truth is only the first casualty. 'Inspires the kind of devotion among its readers not seen since David Nicholls' One Day' The Times Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0014571
- ISBN
- 9780007361441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Recording his reactions to initiation into college life at the University of Chicago and the imminent death of his grandmother, one of his primary caretakers, Danny realizes the value of time and gains confidence in his writing abilities. This is a saga of Danny O'Neill's struggles with harsh urban realities in early twentieth-century Chicago. Num Pages: 376 pages, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074875
- ISBN
- 9780252074875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. Two daughters. Two mothers. The secrets of two lifetimes. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330535205
- ISBN
- 9780330535205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.12
€ 9.99
€ 9.12
Hardcover. * a penetrating psychological study with all the haunting power of Rebecca Series: VMC Designer Collection. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Virago Press (UK)
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087631
- ISBN
- 9781844087631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.59
€ 23.99
€ 16.59
Paperback. A brilliant, suspenseful novel with the power and intrigue of Rebecca. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080403
- ISBN
- 9781844080403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Ugandan Mary Tendo worked for many years in the white middle-class Henman household in London, cleaning for Vanessa and looking after her only child, Justin. More than ten years after Mary has left, Justin is too depressed to get out of bed. To his mother's surprise, he asks for Mary. This work confronts racism and class conflict with humour. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Saqi Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846590085
- ISBN
- 9781846590085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. *The story of a young girl's dreams, aspirations and melodramas told with zest and verve by the 16-year-old author Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9780860681939
- ISBN
- 9780860681939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Hardcover. Telling the story of life, love, and the demands of marriage and motherhood, the author gives readers a portrait of one woman's struggle to adapt to the complexity of life in modern Iran. She demystifies contemporary Iran by taking readers beyond the stereotypes and into the lives of individuals. Translator(s): Kousha, Mahnaz; Jewell, Nasrin. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609445
- ISBN
- 9780815609445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.41
€ 34.41
Paperback. Liam has it all. A job he enjoys, a glamorous lifestyle and a girlfriend he is madly in love with. But after one night out he loses everything and finds himself on a plane to Buenos Aires. There he hopes to write the world's longest and truest love letter to the one person who still matters to him. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Canongate UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782110408
- ISBN
- 9781782110408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Kamryn Matika has a great job, a hectic social life and no responsibilities - one birthday card will change all of that for ever .. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0012166
- ISBN
- 9780751537079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Kamryn Matika has a great job, a hectic social life and no responsibilities - one birthday card will change all of that for ever .. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296. 8vo. Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KTK0090567
- ISBN
- 9780751537079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A heartwarming story of friendship and demonic possession. Num Pages: 336 pages, Black and white Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Quirk Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594749766
- ISBN
- 9781594749766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.45
€ 16.99
€ 12.45
Hardback. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Antonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and grows with the country, inspiring a childhood friend, Jim Burden, to write her life story. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143123156
- ISBN
- 9780143123156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. In this powerful and astonishing novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning yet thoroughly convincing heroines in American fiction. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083749
- ISBN
- 9781844083749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.85
€ 14.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. My Antonia took Cather out of the rank of provincial novelists while at the same time celebrating the provinces. It depicts the pioneering period of European settlement in the American prairie, through the stories of Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda, who is the embodiment of the pioneer spirit. Editor(s): Sharistanian, Janet. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissued
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538140
- ISBN
- 9780199538140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148. Series: Dover Thrift S. 176 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 13. Weight: 158.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486282404
- ISBN
- 9780486282404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.54
€ 9.99
€ 9.54
Hardcover. Congo the bush baby, from the jungles of Madagascar and the tropical fish, tortoises, chickens, guinea pigs, foxes, pigs, and two dogs. This book recalls the animals in the authors' life and in so doing gives us a sidelong glance at the human members of her family, her painter mother and poet father. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224082341
- ISBN
- 9780224082341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. A heartstopping, beautifully written debut, telling the story of one girl's search for freedom. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008185213
- ISBN
- 9780008185213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 5.70
€ 15.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is on his way to be detained at His Majesty's Pleasure when he is offered a lifeline, what seems like a freedom of sorts - the job of personal valet to a departing naval captain. Little does he realise that it is anything but - and by accepting the devil's bargain he will put his life in perilous danger. Num Pages: 560 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552773928
- ISBN
- 9780552773928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.84
€ 14.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. Offers a fictional account of the spiritual odyssey of an American woman in Australia. Summoned by a remote tribe of nomadic Aboriginals to accompany them on a walkabout through the outback, she learns how they live and thrive in natural harmony with the plants and animals that exist in the rugged geography of the desert region. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855384842
- ISBN
- 9781855384842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Series: Original Fiction in Paperback S. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873982112
- ISBN
- 9781873982112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. A modern day Revolutionary Road; a suburban New York couple tear apart the life they've built together Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087263
- ISBN
- 9781847087263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.99
€ 11.99
€ 9.99